Barack Obama and Alec ?

David Sirota writes that Barack Obama is prominently featured on the front page of a right wing website. True, this does not necessary mean that Obama supports the group’s agenda but Obama has rarely allowed his image to be used in connection with a candidate or cause that he did not support, at least not if he found out about it and certainly not if the party of the second part was trying to gain favor, indirectly claim an endorsement, or raise money with the use of his image.
So, not necessarily ………………..

An excerpt from the Sirota article:

Obama’s Opportunity To Expose the Extremist Machine
Two and a half years ago, I joined in what would become the successful efforts to create the Progressive States Network - an organization designed to both support progressive state legislators and fight back against right wing extremists that have used America’s state legislators to manipulate public policy. As I had discovered during my years in politics, one of the most aggressive extremist groups that operates at the state level is called the American Legislative Exchange Council - or ALEC for short. It’s a seemingly innocuous name, but as Progressive States detailed in one of its first reports - and as other terrific progressive organizations have detailed at length - ALEC is not an innocuous organization - it is arguably the most important legislative appendage of Big Money and right-wing interests in American politics. That’s why U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) must reject ALEC’s invitation for him to speak at its upcoming national conference.

Yes, you read that correctly: ALEC is trumpeting Obama’s photo on the front of its website, saying the organization has either “confirmed” or “invited” him to address its big conference (it’s not clear which is the case). Obama’s photo is just above the announcement for a Capitol Hill event that will tell lawmakers that the popular and highly successful Children’s Health Insurance Program is supposedly “bad for kids, families and taxpayers” - a not so surprising claim from ALEC, the organization that has used millions of dollars from corporate interests to wage state campaigns against minimum wage increases, union organizing rights, basic consumer protection laws, and environmental regulations.
The whole story is here:
http://www.davidsirota.com/

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